The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas PELARDY finished 759th of 800 men in the Pro division at Lyon 2026, in 1:47:30.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:14, behind 91% of the field.
Lyon cost the whole field time: about 0:35 more than the average race this season, going by 384 athletes who raced both. That was 8:29 off the time at Geneva 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:12v median +1:01
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Block 02 12:13Running 2 5:10v median +1:05
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Block 03 15:14Running 3 5:18v median +0:46
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 5:25v median +0:53
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:27v median +0:54
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 5:25v median +0:58
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Block 07 14:54Running 7 5:33v median +1:01
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Block 08 15:44Running 8 6:26v median +1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 797
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 797 men who finished.